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I agree we're not sunk. We are one proven OC away from competing with Bama (and beating Bama) and we unilaterally refuse. ...

[quote]No, they forced him to hire Canada[/quote] Ok, so who "forced" him to hire E? There were literally a 100 more proven OCs available after Canada. There is no defending this. If championships matter to recruits, then we punted and it has zero to do with BoS, etc. ...

[quote]He's doing his best[/quote] No he's not. He's rolling with a substandard OC. Did anyone in the Admin force him to hire E? Until he rectifies that, there is no reasonable expectation that he's a long term coach....

[quote]Sorry have to disagree with you here. Until the offense changes, we could have a team of all seniors and it wouldn't matter when we play Bama. While it may not be all about Bama they are who we have to beat to be the SEC Champ or NC.[/quote] Yep. Until we decide to get competitive on of...

[quote]Ole Miss' "imaginative" offense in the seasons they beat Alabama also got shut out against Arkansas, scored 7 against us, scored 3 against TCU, lost to Memphis, and lost back to back games against 6-6 and 7-5 Arkansas teams. But let's gloss over all those colossal failures, because they be...

[quote]Also OP: Chad Lavalais was a beast in 2002 He was All SEC (sporting news) and Second steam all SEC (AP) had 66 tackles 8.5 TFL 2 sacks and like 21 QB hurries according to his LSU Bio[/quote] Point conceded. Still he elevated his game big time in '03 (double # of TFL and sacks)....

FTR, Brumfield was a Sr. starter for most of the season. It's like we put in an express lane to the NFL....

Perhaps in a play here-or-there. But few if any predicted the seasons they would have. That's my point....

It would be very helpful if at least one of our DL could elevate their game before '19. Here's some examples: Chad Lavalais - solid in '02. Maybe the best season ever for us as a DL in '03. Drake Nevis - ok in '09; had some dominant games in '10 (Bama notably) Brockers - played sparingl...

[quote]So exactly how does this effect recruiting on the defensive line? How is the media calling Steve a failed experiment supposed to help recruiting. I would hope that they would be more responsible than that.[/quote] W.r.t. the "negative, local media," I was simply pointing out the local m...

And this is why we had to hire and stay with E as OC. ...

[quote]It's not a myth at all. Alabama has lost 9 games in the last 8 seasons. NINE!!! 12 in the last 10. You aren't beating Alabama unless you have either a good OL & DL or a Heisman trophy caliber QB play. Deshaun Watson, Cam Newton, Johnny Manziel, LSU's D, Trevor Knight, Kick 6 , Cordale Jones,....

[quote]The negative fan base and negative local,media for the last 5 or 6 years does not help [/quote] Wanna know what really doesn't help? When you are full non-competitive on offense vs Bama. If E is the OC going fwd, then the angle of competing for championships is off the table. As for "n...

Same way Kevin Faulk did....

[quote]Tillery was because we recruited him at Oline and Notre Dame told him that they would let him play Dline. [/quote] Obviously I don't know the full history but I thought Tillery was sold on ND from way back whatever position we wanted him at....

[quote]IMO, the answer isn't clear. I want to say 'Orgeron,' but there were tons of reports that Orgeron was forced to hire Matt Canada. Further reports that Orgeron had a meeting with Alleva about 'coaching' responsibilities. ... but who empowered Alleva to take control in football matters? ...

Some names getting mentioned were not LBs at LSU A. J. Duhe, Gilyard, and Northern (BTW, a very underrated player). Duhe played LB for the Dolphins. Also, an old-timer older than me correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Roy Winston was mostly an OG at LSU and played LB for the Vikings. My to...

BoS? Alleva? O?...

[quote]this is also the best team Alabama has had in 20 years.[/quote] Maybe. But it's their worst defense in the Saban era post '07....

[quote]DBG[/quote] You've pretty much answered my question which explains a lot. What we're seeing unfold is odd at best and lunacy at worst. It defies explanation. ...